Ukrainian forces struck the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil refinery in Ufa, Bashkortostan, with drones overnight on March 23, sparking a fire at the facility.
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The strike on the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil refinery, about 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from the border, sparked a fire
The facility has an annual processing capacity of 6–8 million tons
Ukrainian forces struck the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil refinery in the Republic of Bashkortostan, causing a fire.
The Defense Forces struck important fuel and energy infrastructure facilities of the Russian Federation, including the oil terminal 'Transneft – Port Primorsk' in the Leningrad region and the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim refinery in Ufa.
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